wrasse

The moon wrasse (a typical wrasse)

Meaning

Noun

  • Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.

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Origin

  • Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh, lenited form of gwragh.

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